Partner
Semil Shah
Founding Partner, Haystack (+1 more)
- Firm
- Haystack, HMC Needles
- Title
- Founding Partner
- Role
- General partner
- Known as
- Investor
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Record updated 17 September 2026
About
Semil founded Haystack in 2013 and has been a prolific early stage investor over the last decade, including early investments in companies like DoorDash, Instacart, Figma, Hashicorp, and Applied Intuition. Prior to investing, Semil held various product and operational roles at early-stage startups, the most recent startup being acquired by Apple. Semil was named to Midas List for Seed Investors by Forbes in 2022, 2023, and again in 2024.
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